much more often than personal records we happen to lose games that either would have been a new personal record or have something else that is in some way special. feel free to post and share your games here. let me start with this expert board:

i started with a single click in the middle of the board, uncovering a 196 squares opening. too bad that the rest of the board is very dense. not too sad about the blast, as i obviously made the right decision there. (to emphassise how big this opening is: the biggest possible opening on a valid int board is 187 squares).

First post on the forum and it's the most embarrassing one I can think to make, but here goes. I posted this on the Minesweeper facebook page earlier today, but I figured more people would enjoy it here.

3BV=2 beginner game. I got startled and didn't look at the lower section; the upper section is the only one that I saw. I figured I wouldn't get a good time if I hesitated any longer, so I clicked an "unknown" square without even looking at the lower arrangement of mines. I was also talking to someone at the same time, so I wasn't really expecting a 2 3BV board. Feel my pain+make fun of me:

hey matt, welcome to the forum. this is really an unfortunate blast, especially as the chances to get a 2 3bv board are ~1 in 20k. don't worry, nobody here will make fun of you because of this blast - we all have already had our share of silly mistakes and lost games.

watch the replay and you will see that this, although finished, can be considered a huge fail. wasted 3 clicks at the end and had to choose a longer path. i got nervous and could not hit the right mouse button anymore.

Ok, this is just mean, minesweeper . Giving me these rediculously easy boards when I am clearly not warmed up enough to handle them properly. Just for the record, when warmed up I never go below 2.00 hzini/s and avg. around 2.10-2.20 hzini/s. Yes, that's right, I don't give a crap about 3bv/s, as I'm a flagger.

This position is a nightmare afaict holding in store for me 2 successive 50-50s... In short, pure EVIL!!!

Also, got a 49.01 earlier today on a similarly badly timed board. That is 0.02 seconds too slow to be sub50x14... (FYI)

Would've been a 25-->28 on density, but alas, this very easy board ended with a 50/50. Oh well, I'll keep trying! 28 would be quite nice. I got my 25 pretty instantly a long time ago and haven't tried anything since.

would have been nice to at least finish a sub40. 1st click hit a 171 or 172 squares opening, last 13 3bv of the board would have been very tough to solve. i have saved the .avf and am unsure whether i should post the video or not.